Friday, October 19, 2018

‘Adorable Dog’ Adopted By Chinese Man Turns Out To Be A Rat

Loneliness can often lead to depression. In order to find a cure for loneliness, many adopt pets for companionship and love. But when a lonely Chinese worker adopted a small pet dog, little did he know the animal had a secret that will be revealed to him slowly.

According to The Shanghaiist, the man had bought the dog from a friend and found the little ‘chubby thing’ adorable.

In a blog post, the man wrote he found the dog when he visited his friend in a "small mountain village" in China. The little animal was hiding behind the door of his friend's house.

"It was dark at the time, and my friend could not see well," wrote the man.

However, after a few days of love and care, the man was shocked to see his dog growing with very un-doglike traits. It had very little hair and also didn’t run like a dog.

But when he posted the picture of his pet online and asked his followers to determine what kind of animal it was, many said it was actually a bamboo-rat and not a dog.

Bamboo-rats are usually found in Southern China and they feed on Bamboo trees.

Not knowing how to take care of the bamboo rat, the man decided to give away his pet. The entire incident has gone viral on social media, especially China.

However, this isn’t the only incident in China when a dog turned out to be a different animal. Another man recently discovered the dog he had been raising for three years was actually a bear.